Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

“Heat. Drought. Come at it.”

The Trans-Pecos of West Texas is the desert willow's native ground — and most of Texas completely ignores it. Orchid-like flowers all summer. Zero supplemental water once established. Handles the worst heat Texas can throw. A hummingbird magnet. The rest of the state is slowly discovering what the Chihuahuan Desert has known for centuries. Get ahead of it.